Vitebsk region has expanded its export geography

Vitebsk region has expanded its export geography to 77 countries. In January-November 2015, it shipped products to the markets of eight states for the first time.

Last year, the export list of partner states for the region was replenished by India, Cameroon, the Republic of Korea, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, and Montenegro. Contacts with Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Uzbekistan, Lithuania, Poland, the United Arab Emirates, and Mongolia have been restored, and supplies of skimmed milk, whey, lubricant additives, door leaves, and veterinary drugs have been organized to these countries. Interregional contacts with Pskov, Chelyabinsk, Rostov, Yekaterinburg, Kaluga, Lipetsk, Smolensk, and Moscow regions of Russia, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Latvia, and others have been intensified.

In January-November last year, goods worth $1 billion 648 million were exported, which amounted to 54.6% of the level in 2014, and services exports amounted to $153.6 million (77.8%). In general, a positive balance of foreign trade in goods and services (excluding oil and oil products and republican organizations) of $361.5 million was ensured.

Alena Tikhonova, BELTA.